BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A POACHER TURNED GAMEKEEPER. By Frank Cullum.
1987 1st edition. Hardcover issue. 8vo (153 x 216mm). Pp165. B/w photographs, illustrations by J.M. Paley. Red cloth.
The autobiography of an East anglian poacher. The author began life as the only child of a professional soldier, subsequently becoming one child of seven of an unemployed ex-soldier. Father's solution to the problem was to take up poaching. Following this apprenticeship, the author eventually took up gamekeeping, a career which he followed for fifty years "on such prestigious estates as Great Witchingham, Raynham and Somerleyton. Social history, domestic trivia, comic mishap and expert information are all included in a book through which runs a rich vein of country lore."
The autobiography of an East anglian poacher. The author began life as the only child of a professional soldier, subsequently becoming one child of seven of an unemployed ex-soldier. Father's solution to the problem was to take up poaching. Following this apprenticeship, the author eventually took up gamekeeping, a career which he followed for fifty years "on such prestigious estates as Great Witchingham, Raynham and Somerleyton. Social history, domestic trivia, comic mishap and expert information are all included in a book through which runs a rich vein of country lore."
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6305
| Author | Cullum (Frank). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 6305 |
| ISBN | 1870094026 / 1870094026. |
| Book Description | Very good in dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1987 |
| Publisher | Tyndale + Panda Publishing. |
| Place | Lowestoft, Suffolk. |